Randy McMurchy wrote:
The first step in getting something included into BLFS would be to
create a hint for the package(s). If there is community interest and
an editor is willing to accept responsibility and future maintenance
of the package(s), there is a good chance it would get added.
But it can't really go anywhere until a hint is created. As I said,
this is the best way to get something into the book.
Randy, thanks for this info. It's good to know.
Just out of curiosity, what don't you like about KDE?
Before I answer your question, let me thank those who have posted their
thoughts in this thread. I apologize for not responding to each of
you. Brandin, thanks for the screenshots.
Randy, I had to do some thinking to answer your question. One of the
reasons I came to Linux was that I didn't like the way that other large,
proprietary, buggy operating system "rammed things down my throat." A
good example is not being able to use other browser apps for ActiveX
controls and other functionality. I know that I'm supposed to be able
to have flexibility in this area with KDE, but I haven't been able to
figure it out yet. In all honesty, KDE is installed in the Mandrake
side of my box, and I'm fed up with Mandrake (oops, Mandriva). My
objections to KDE may come from the way the Mandrake packagers set
things up.
Additionally, documentation is important to me, and I find the KDE
documentation seriously lacking. I can honestly say that when I've had
a problem getting something to run in KDE (especially when I was a
noobling) I could not solve it without outside help. That's when I
learned about forums and mailing lists. It may have been the "noobling"
problems that turned me off. KDE failed in its one and only attempt to
make a good first impression--just like Gnome.
Back to the documentation thing. This morning in thinking about how I
was going to answer your question, I did a quick review of KDE
installation in "the Book." I went to the link for the documentation
just to check out my thoughts. The first thing I ran across was a
statement comparing kdm to xdm. This is not an actual quote, but the
substance is there. "KDM excels over XDM in many ways." To me this
sounds like a used car salesman. What ways? Exactly what's better in
KDM. Convince me.
I then chose an app with which I wasn't familiar. The result of the
"click" was a chapter on this app which said, "Documentation for this
app is not available." That about sums it up for my thoughts on KDE.
Again, thanks for asking that question. It made me think.
Dan
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